Chapter 120
Remembrance 5 from Chapter 120
The adhkār of the funeral ṣalāh
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhumma inna (name) -bna (father’s name) fī dhimmatika wa ḥabli jiwārika fa-qihi fitnata-l-qabri wa ‘adhāba-n-Nār, wa Anta ahlu-l-wafā’i wa-l-ḥamd. Allāhumma fa-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamh, innaka Anta-l-Ghafūru-r-Raḥīm.
Context
We relate in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah from Wāthilah ibn al-Aṣqa‘ 
, who related: “The Messenger of Allah 
prayed with us for one of the Muslims and I heard him saying: ‘O Allah, So-and-so the son of So-and-so is in Your care and within the rope of Your protection, [6]. so save him from the trials of the grave and the punishment of Hell-Fire. All faithfulness and praise are due to You. O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him. You are indeed the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’” [7].
References
[6] The custom of the Arabs was to protect one another. When a man wanted to travel he would make a pact with the leader of every tribe. They would grant him safety as long as he was within the borders of their land, until he went to another and did the same. This is what is meant by ‘the rope of protection’.
[7] Abū Dāwūd (3202) and Ibn Mājah (1499).